In this game I donated my queen to the enemy.
One moment of not paying attention, and off went my queen. And a pawn of mine.
I got in exchange for her a horse and two bishops, so I got something in exchange, but my prospects were bleak. But I fought on.
Then I saw that one of my horses could make a royal fork on the enemy queen and king. Not very useful, because he would be smacked of the board right away.
Then I got my other horse to attack that same critical square, so that when my first horse would be smacked off, the second one could take his place, and make again the royal fork, this time without being smacked of the board right away.
After I got my second horse in position I could only wait, hope, and pray that the enemy wouldn't see the fatal forks lurking in the distance.
He didn't see them. He played a pawn up, and my first horse made the fork.
My first horse got taken.
My second horse made the fork.
This time there was no escape. His king had to move, and his queen was going off the board.
Unfortunately for him, he set up his king for a discovered check. So when I took his queen, he was also in check, and because of that he would also lose a castle in this skirmish.
That was too much for the enemy, and he surrendered. 😀
[Event "Rated Classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/XxBZbmjt"]
[Date "2024.03.25"]
[White "Carnivorum"]
[Black "rahul_sahani_63"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2024.03.25"]
[UTCTime "18:20:00"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+3"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-6"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+15"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc Defense: Classical Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 { B08 Pirc Defense: Classical Variation } 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. O-O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. h4 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Nce2 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Nxg5 14. hxg5 Qc7 15. Qh3 Nf6 16. gxf6 Bxh3 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Rxh3 Rfc8 19. Nf4 a5 20. Nfe6+ fxe6 21. Nxe6+ Kg8 22. Nxc7+ { Black resigns. } 1-0
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